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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an old person of Ware,
Who rode on the back of a bear;
	When they ask’d, “Does it trot?”
        He said, “Certainly not!
He’s a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear!”



Edward Lear


Edward Lear's other poems:
  1. There Was An Old Person Of Basing
  2. Imitation of The Olden Poets
  3. Cold Are The Crabs
  4. There Was An Old Man Of Jamaica
  5. There Was An Old Man Of Vienna


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